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I found the information about this manga! It's by all means real and official.

It's titled "Pokemon BW: Good Partners" (ポケットモンスターB・W グッドパートナーズ), its script is made by Kyouichi Shichigatsu (七月鏡一) and it's illustrated by Kenmotsu (険持). It runs in Shogaku-3.

So, it's a yet another manga which we haven't been aware of.

Will it get tankobonned, I wonder?

Should I make a thread on it?

After 12 years of being a Pokemon fan, I'm officially quitting the fandom. This is not a rage quit and it has nothing to do with the Pokemon franchise. It's also NOT a sudden decision - I've planned it for months but I decided to stay a true, active Pokemon fan until the very last day. The reason for my leave is the fact that I'm starting my studies at the Uni and I decided that it's a perfect moment to move on with my life. I'll never forget all these awesome years and Pokemon will always be a part of my childhood memories. Goodbye friends! Thank you.

Get the **** outta here, that guy's Zekrom form even has special knee, nail, and head parts. If there's anything that could sell me on this manga, that would be it. Also I'm assuming this is why the shadowy mon couldn't be understood, cause its half human. I really don't give bout Digimon Frontier(even if I wanted to kill it with a brick) cause this looks like it could be decent. I mean think about it, humans that can change partially into Pokemon that have special bits to signify what the Pokemon is.

If there's one thing I never expected it would be this! *is shocked* I have to give this a try now, just to see if they do better than what Frontier did or if they can't either. (At least Frontier is hated so much that Pokemon vs Digimon arguments shouldn't arise... hopefully.)

Originally Posted by Maxim

I found the information about this manga! It's by all means real and official.

It's titled "Pokemon BW: Good Partners" (ポケットモンスターB・W グッドパートナーズ), its script is made by Kyouichi Shichigatsu (七月鏡一) and it's illustrated by Kenmotsu (険持). It runs in Shogaku-3.

So, it's a yet another manga which we haven't been aware of.

Will it get tankobonned, I wonder?

Should I make a thread on it?

Awesome find. I wouldn't mind a thread on info on this. It's looks a bit shoujo, so I'm curious to see what's this manga is all about.

90% of pokemon fans hate/dislike Pikachu, if you are one of the 10% who don't, copy and paste this in your signature (started by Rukario907) ~Treasure Fighter (Kiyomaro's Theme)~ and Fuji Syuusuke ~ClaimedMy Journey Log of Pokemon WhiteWarning: General jerkiness and sarcasm abound. Of course, spoilers as well.

Also, is Arcades the name of the region that the manga takes place in?

The ruined town is named Madoro City.

Last edited by Maxim; 8th March 2011 at 1:22 PM.

After 12 years of being a Pokemon fan, I'm officially quitting the fandom. This is not a rage quit and it has nothing to do with the Pokemon franchise. It's also NOT a sudden decision - I've planned it for months but I decided to stay a true, active Pokemon fan until the very last day. The reason for my leave is the fact that I'm starting my studies at the Uni and I decided that it's a perfect moment to move on with my life. I'll never forget all these awesome years and Pokemon will always be a part of my childhood memories. Goodbye friends! Thank you.

After 12 years of being a Pokemon fan, I'm officially quitting the fandom. This is not a rage quit and it has nothing to do with the Pokemon franchise. It's also NOT a sudden decision - I've planned it for months but I decided to stay a true, active Pokemon fan until the very last day. The reason for my leave is the fact that I'm starting my studies at the Uni and I decided that it's a perfect moment to move on with my life. I'll never forget all these awesome years and Pokemon will always be a part of my childhood memories. Goodbye friends! Thank you.

It's a bit odd, but the only thing I can think is, "Why Pokemon?" This seems like it could be its own series rather something based off Pokemon. Seems a bit pointless especially since it's pretty much the usual shounen. But, then again, that's probably why it used Pokemon...

Originally Posted by Sabonea_Masukippa

Arcades is the protagonist's father, I thought.

Either it is or the father has some connection to Arcades as the protagonist did say "Otou-san" which is Father. I guessing it is a place like Maxim suggests as the protagonist says something like he wants to go where his father is (roughly).

90% of pokemon fans hate/dislike Pikachu, if you are one of the 10% who don't, copy and paste this in your signature (started by Rukario907) ~Treasure Fighter (Kiyomaro's Theme)~ and Fuji Syuusuke ~ClaimedMy Journey Log of Pokemon WhiteWarning: General jerkiness and sarcasm abound. Of course, spoilers as well.

It's a bit odd, but the only thing I can think is, "Why Pokemon?" This seems like it could be its own series rather something based off Pokemon. Seems a bit pointless especially since it's pretty much the usual shounen. But, then again, that's probably why it used Pokemon...

damn, you weren't kidding. When I read what you said, I was expecting a low-action first chapter that barely called for the usage of Pokemon, but such wasn't the case. There was plenty of action, but the Zekrom morpher aside, they were giving plenty of super powers to regular HUMANS, like the guy capable of holding a giant flaming cudgel. At least that girl, Miruto (Milt?), looked like she was ready to throw out a Pokemon near the beginning. I wish I could get a better idea of what's being said, but even I can't read this if the text is so small it's barely legible and the bottom of each page is cut off.

Now I really feel like fanfic writers don't need to worry about how they handle this franchise, especially if OFFICIAL media like this is any indication. I've said that in the past about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (and Pipipi Adventure/Magical Pokemon Journey to a lesser extent), in which extremely humanistic Pokemon form their own society and humans are practically non-existent despite how much the other canons emphasize Trainer roles (yes, despite the title, the main stars of Pokemon tend to be humans who interact with the creatures).... and now here we have a form of canon where the reverse is true: the titular creatures are barely existent, at least from what's shown thus far.

Yup, classes again. I'm gonna be at this for a while.

I translate for #Pocketmonsters (just because I know Japanese does not make me Japanese, stop PMing me).

I can understand a tiny little bit of japanese, so I'll try to share the info with you guys.

Spoiler:- Spoilers:

-> The boy is taking some kind of exam at the beginning of the chapter. I don't know what kind of exam this is, though. :{
-> In his memory, his trying to follow his father into the...sky? I think the Alexander you're talking about is this "Arukadesu" he's keep screaming? Not so sure if he's the boy's father. The voice coming from the sky rejects the boy, but that's pretty obvious I guess.
-> Still in his memory, the voice tells the protagonist that he should get stronger so he and his father would meet again, then the boy makes a promise that he'll get stronger. (I BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING IN A SHONNEN MANGA HUH)
-> Page 7 and 8. Didn't get a thing besides the fact that this boy is strongeeeeer than yesterday, and all those stuff. Oh, he doesn't like the word "Muri" (Impossible). The girl refuses to do something with him, saying that it'd be impossible and he screams "THERE IS NO IMPOSSIBLE IN MY DICTIONARY."
-> Apparently, the "rock throw" thing he does is part of the test. Ryouga is... approved.
-> FINALLY, POKEMON REFERENCE. It seems that the boy needed to pass on this test so he could receive a pokemon "box" and something else which I didn't understand.
-> I really didn't get much of thing on the girl-nurse talk on page 10, so let's leave it that way. :{
-> His mom is crying 'cause her son is leaving just like his father. The boy screams that he'll certainly come back.
-> As already said here, the abandoned city name is Madoro.
-> I don't quite get what's going on in town. In the fight with the big guy who's on fire, he's absorbing the fire from the fire pokemon trapped in the truck. Don't know how he's doing that though.
-> A girl appears out of nowhere with Zekrom box. He reminds of his promise of getting stronger, and this time he says he's going to meet "Arukadesu". But I'm not sure if this guy is his father yet. >:
-> I don't think I need to talk about his transformation...but I'll just say it's ridiculous, IMO. Anyway, what he did was sorta impossible and not allowed...but he doesn't care about neither parts.
-> The girl says something about that form being zekrom's one (OHREALLYDARLING), and the chapter ends with Ryouga screaming that he has become stronger now to "Arukadesu."

Sorry if I've made any english mistake. This was the best I could get from the little I know. Oh yeah, sorry if there was some pretty obvious info there. :b

damn, you weren't kidding. When I read what you said, I was expecting a low-action first chapter that barely called for the usage of Pokemon, but such wasn't the case.

Now I really feel like fanfic writers don't need to worry about how they handle this franchise, especially if OFFICIAL media like this is any indication. I've said that in the past about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (and Pipipi Adventure/Magical Pokemon Journey to a lesser extent), in which extremely humanistic Pokemon form their own society and humans are practically non-existent despite how much the other canons emphasize Trainer roles (yes, despite the title, the main stars of Pokemon tend to be humans who interact with the creatures).... and now here we have a form of canon where the reverse is true: the titular creatures are barely existent, at least from what's shown thus far.

I was expecting a low action first chapter too; I'm greatly surprised at how much action this first chapter has. And I have a feeling the human action is going the main focus rather than the pokemon action. What an twist.

I have to agree; if ReBurst can get a green light, then writers can do anything with Pokemon and it'll still be a-okay. It's pretty amazing how Pokemon seems to be covering all the bases all on its own. Fanfic writers have nothing to worry about now.

On that note, it seems the guy doesn't use powers (too bad, I think, it could of been something cool), but a device and people do go on some sort of Pokemon journey. It's interesting there has to be a Trial to have a pokemon journey and I wonder why this is (where are all these pokemon coming from, are they regular animals/pets now? It feels like they are right now).

Yet... All of these pokemon bits seem tacked on, just a bit. I can't help but wonder if this story would be just as good with regular monsters created just for this series. I am interested in the world in this manga, though, so I'll be checking out the other chapters.

90% of pokemon fans hate/dislike Pikachu, if you are one of the 10% who don't, copy and paste this in your signature (started by Rukario907) ~Treasure Fighter (Kiyomaro's Theme)~ and Fuji Syuusuke ~ClaimedMy Journey Log of Pokemon WhiteWarning: General jerkiness and sarcasm abound. Of course, spoilers as well.